2023
2022
Keller AG, Dahlhoff EP, Bracewell R, Chatla K, Bachtrog D, Rank NE, Williams CM. (2023) Multi-locus genomic signatures of local adaptation to snow across the landscape in California populations of a willow leaf beetle. Proceeding of the Royal Society B. 290(2005) 20230630.
Roberts KT, Stillman JH, Rank NE, Dahlhoff EP, Bracewell RR, Elmore J, Williams CM (2023) Transcriptomic evidence indicates that montane leaf beetles prioritize digestion and reproduction in a sex-specific manner during emergence from dormancy. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D. 47:101088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbd.2023.101088
Bracewell RR, Stillman JH, Dahlhoff EP, Smeds EP, Chatla K, Bachtrog D, Williams CM, Rank NE (2023). A chromosome scale genome assembly and evaluation of mtDNA variation in the willow leaf beetle, Chrysomela aeneicollis. G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. jkad106 https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkad106
Treidel LA, Goswami P, Williams CM (2023). Changes in mitochondrial function parallel life history transitions between flight and reproduction in wing polymorphic field crickets. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 324(6):R735-R746. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00191.2022
Treidel LA, Huebner C, Roberts KT, Williams CM (2022). Life history strategy dictates thermal preferences across the dial cycle and in response to starvation in variable field crickets, Gryllus lineaticeps. Current Research in Insect Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cris.2022.100038
King EE, Williams CM, Stillman JH (2022). Hypoxia decreases thermal sensitivity and increases thermal breadth of locomotion in the invasive freshwater snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 95:3. https://doi.org/10.1086/719899
Treidel LA, Quintanalla Ramirez GS, Chung DJ, Menze MA, Vázquez-Medina JP, Williams CM (2022). Selection on dispersal drives evolution of metabolic capacities for energy production in female wing-polymorphic sand field crickets, Gryllus firmus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 00:1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13996
Roberts KT, Williams CM (2022) The impact of metabolic plasticity on winter energy use models. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225 (4): jeb243422. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243422
Sun B-J, Williams CM, Li T, Speakman J, Jin Z-G, Lu H-L, Luo L, Du W-G (2022). Higher metabolic plasticity in temperate compared to tropical lizards suggests increased resilience to climate change. Ecological Monographs. e1512. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1512
Szejner-Sigal A, Williams CM (2022). Aggregations reduce winter metabolic rates in the diapausing ladybeetle Hippodamia convergens. Journal of Insect Physiology 137: 104357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2022.104357
2021
Roberts KE, Rank NE, Dahlhoff E, Stillman J, Williams CM (2021) Snow modulates winter energy use and cold exposure across an elevation gradient in a montane ectotherm. Global Change Biology 00:1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15912
Treidel LAG, Clark RMP, Lopez MTU, Williams CM (2021) Physiological demands and nutrient intake modulate a trade-off between dispersal and reproduction based on age and sex of field crickets. Journal of Experimental Biology 224(7):jeb237834. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.237834
Osland MJ, Stevens PW, Lamont MM, Brusca RC, Hart KM, Waddle JH, Langtimm CA, Williams CM, Keim BD, Terando AJ, Reyier EA, Marshall KE, Loik ME, Boucek RE, Lewis AB, Seminoff JA (2021) Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: the northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures. Global Change Biology 27:3009–3034. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15563
Alt Metric score 145, picked up by 15 news outlets. Commentary by Linda Walters and Giovanna McClenachan: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15631
Buckley LB, Schoville SD, Williams CM (2021) Shifts in the relative fitness contributions of fecundity and survival in variable and changing environments. Journal of Experimental Biology 224:1:9. Special issue: Predicting the future: species survival in a changing world.
2020
Wilsterman KAG, Ballinger MA, Williams, CM. (2020). A unifying, eco-physiological framework for animal dormancy. Functional Ecology 35:11-31. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13718
Marshall KE, Gotthard K, Williams CM (2020) Evolutionary impacts of winter climate change on insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science 41:54-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2020.06.003
Sun B-J, Huebner CU, Treidel LAG, Clark RP, Kenagy GJ, Williams CM (2020) Nocturnal dispersal flight of crickets: behavioural and physiological responses to cool environmental temperatures. Functional Ecology 34:1907-1920. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13615
Brandt EEG, Roberts KTG, Williams CM, Elias DO. (2020) Low temperatures impact distributions of spiders along an elevational cline. Journal of Insect Physiology 102:104037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2020.104037
2018
Sun B-J, Ma L, Li S-R, Williams CM, Wang Y, Hao X, Du W-G (2018) Phenology and the physiological niche are co-adapted in a desert-dwelling lizard. Functional Ecology 32:2520-2530. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13201
Halbritter DAG, Teets NM, Williams CM, Daniels JC (2018) Differences in winter cold hardiness support the geographic range disjunction of Neophasia menapia and Neophasia terlooii (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) Journal of Insect Physiology 107:204-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.03.005
Williams CM, Rocca JR, Edison AS, Allison DB, Morgan TJ, Hahn DA (2018) Cold adaptation does not alter ATP homeostasis during cold exposure in Drosophila melanogaster. Integrative Zoology 13:471-81. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12326
Visser B, Williams CM, Hahn DA, Lopez-Martinez GC (2018) Hormetic benefits of prior anoxia exposure in buffering anoxia stress in a soil-pupating insect. Journal of Experimental Biology 221(6):jeb167825. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.167825
2017
Hatle JD, Awan AU, Nicholas J, Koch R, Vokrri JR, McCue MD, Williams CM, Davidowitz G, Hahn DA (2017) Life-extending dietary restriction and ovariectomy each have distinct effects on nutrient oxidation and allocation in grasshoppers, especially for leucine. Experimental Gerontology 96:155-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2017.06.019
Williams CM, Ragland GJ, Betini G, Buckley LB, Cheviron Z, Donohue K, Hereford J, Humphries MM, Lisovski S, Marshall KE, Schmidt PS, Sheldon K, Varpe O, Visser ME (2017) Understanding evolutionary impacts of seasonality: an introduction to the symposium. Integrative and Comparative Biology 57:921-933. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icx122
2016
Williams CM, McCue MD, Sunny NE, Szejner-Sigal AU, Morgan TJ, Edison AS, Allison DB, Hahn DA (2016) Cold adaptation increases rates of nutrient flow and metabolic plasticity during cold exposure in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283:20161317. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.1317
Williams CM, Szejner-Sigal AU, Morgan TJ, Edison AS, Allison DB, Hahn DA (2016) Adaptation to low temperature exposure increases metabolic rates independently of growth rates. Integrative and Comparative Biology 56:62-72. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icw009
Williams CM, Buckley LB, Sheldon KS, Vickers M, Pörtner H-O, Dowd WW, Gunderson AR, Marshall KE, Stillman JH (2016) Biological impacts of thermal extremes: mechanisms and costs of functional responses matter. Integrative and Comparative Biology 56:73-84. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icw013
Patterson RE, Kalavalapalli S, Williams CM, Nautiyal M, Mathew J., Martinez J, Reinhard MK, McDougall D, Rocca JR, Yost RA, Cusi K, Garrett TJ, Sunny NE (2016) Lipotoxicity in steatohepatitis occurs despite an increase in TCA cycle activity. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism 310:E484-494. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00492.2015
2015
Sunny NE, Kalavalapalli S, Bril F, Garrett TJ, Nautiyal M, Mathew JT, Williams CM, Cusi K (2015) Cross-talk between branched chain amino acids and hepatic mitochondria is compromised in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism 309:E311-319. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00161.2015
Williams CM, Chick WDU, Sinclair BJ (2015) A cross-seasonal perspective on local adaptation: Metabolic plasticity mediates responses to winter in a thermal-generalist moth species. Functional Ecology 29:549-561. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12360
Williams CM, Henry HAL, Sinclair BJ (2015) Cold truths: how winter drives responses of terrestrial organisms to climate change. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 90:214-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12105
2014
Williams CM, Watanabe M, Guarracino M, Ferraro MB, Edison AE, Morgan TJ, Boroujerdi AFB, Hahn DA (2014) Cold adaptation shapes the robustness of metabolic networks in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 68:3505-3523 https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12541
Clendinen CS, Lee-McMullen B, Williams CM, Stupp G, Vandenborne K, Hahn DA, Walter GA, Edison AS (2014) 13C NMR Metabolomics: Applications at Natural Abundance. Analytical Chemistry 86:9242-9250. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac502346h
Williams CM, Nicolai A, Ferguson, LV, Bernards MA, Hellmann JJ, Sinclair BJ (2014) Cold hardiness and deacclimation of overwintering Papilio zelicaon pupae. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology 178:51-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.08.002
O’Neil ST, Dzurisin JDK, Williams CM, Lobo NF, Higgins JK, Deines JM, Carmichael RD, Zeng E, Tan JC, Wu GC, Emrich SJ, Hellmann JJ (2014) Gene expression in closely-related species mirrors local adaptation: consequences for responses to a warming world. Molecular Ecology 23:2686-2698. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12773
2013
Lake SLU, MacMillan HA, Williams CM, Sinclair BJ (2013) Static and dynamic approaches yield similar estimates of thermal sensitivity of insect metabolism. Journal of Insect Physiology 59:761-766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.04.010
Jensen K, Sanchez-Garcia J, Williams CM, Khare S, Mathur K, Graze RM, Hahn DA, McIntyre LM, Rincon-Limas D, Fernandez-Funez P (2013) Purification of transcripts and metabolites from Drosophilaheads. Journal of Visualised Experiments 73:e50245. https://doi.org/10.3791/50245
Sinclair BJ, Stinziano JRU, Williams CM, MacMillan HA, Marshall KE, Storey KB (2013) Real-time measurements of metabolic rate during freezing and thawing of the wood frog, Rana sylvatica: implications for overwinter energy use. Journal of Experimental Biology 216:292-302. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.076331
2012
MacMillan HA, Williams CM, Staples JF, Sinclair BJ (2012) Reestablishment of ion homeostasis during insect chill coma recovery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 109:20750-20755. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1212788109
Sinclair BJ, Williams CM; Terblanche JS (2012) Variation in thermal performance among insect populations. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85:594-606. https://doi.org/10.1086/665388
Williams CM, Hellmann JJ, Sinclair BJ (2012a) Lepidopteran species differ in susceptibility to winter warming. Climate Research 53:119-130. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01100
Williams CM, Marshall KE, MacMillan HA, Dzurisin JDK, Hellmann JJ, Sinclair BJ (2012b) Thermal variability increases the impact of autumnal warming and drives metabolic depression in an overwintering butterfly. PLoS ONE 7:e34470.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034470
MacMillan HA; Williams CM; Staples JF; Sinclair BJ (2012) Metabolism and energy supply below the critical thermal minimum of a chill-susceptible insect. Journal of Experimental Biology 215:1366-1372. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.066381
2011
Williams CM, Thomas RH; MacMillan HA; Marshall KE; Sinclair BJ (2011) Triacylglyceride measurement in small quantities of homogenised insect tissue: comparisons and caveats. Journal of Insect Physiology 57:1602-1613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.08.008
Lalouette L; Williams CM; Cottin M; Sinclair BJ; Renault D (2011a) Thermal biology of the alien ground beetle Merizodus soledadinus introduced to the Kerguelen Islands. Polar Biology 35:509-517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-011-1096-9
Lalouette L, Williams CM, Hervant F, Sinclair BJ, Renault D (2011b) Metabolic rate and oxidative stress in insects exposed to low temperature thermal fluctuations. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 158:229-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.11.007
Pre-2010
Bazinet ALU; Marshall KE; MacMillan HA; Williams CM; Sinclair BJ (2010) Rapid changes in desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster are facilitated by changes in cuticular permeability. Journal of Insect Physiology 56:2006-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.09.002
Williams CM, Pelini SL, Hellmann JJ, Sinclair BJ (2010) Intra-individual variation allows an explicit test of the hygric hypothesis for discontinuous gas exchange in insects. Biology Letters, 6:274-277. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0803
Pelini SL, Dzurisin JDK, Prior KM, Williams CM, Marsico TD, Sinclair BJ, Hellmann JJ (2009) Translocation experiments with butterflies reveal limits to enhancement of poleward populations under climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 106:11160-5. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0900284106
Williams CM, Poulin R, Sinclair BJ (2003) Increased haemolymph osmolality suggests a new route for behavioral manipulation of Talorchestia quoyana (Amphipoda: Talitridae) by its mermithid parasite. Functional Ecology 18:685-91. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3599324
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Treidel LAG, Williams CM (2018) Costs of being hungry in a fast-paced world. Functional Ecology (Commentary) https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13187.
Williams CM (2016) Ecology: Insect Thermal Baggage. Nature Climate Change (News and Views) 6:543-544. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3042
Early career researchers: a conversation with Caroline Williams. Journal of Experimental Biology 220: 2133-2135. Interviewer Kathryn Knight. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.162602
SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZED
Williams CM, Ragland GJ. Evolutionary Impacts of Seasonality. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting, New Orleans Jan 2017. Edited a themed journal issue with participant manuscripts for Integrative and Comparative Biology (volume 57, issue 5).